Ragging in Azad Institute of Engineering and Technology,LUCKNOW - Murder case against manager and senior students

18 September 2009:LUCKNOW: A murder case against the manager and some senior students of Azad Institute of Engineering and Technology was finally lodged on Thursday

here in Sarojiningar police station after Dharam Raj, father of the 20-year-old engineering student, Poonam Mishra, in his written complaint alleged that the manager and senior students killed her.

A complaint with regards to this was given to the police on Wednesday. Earlier, on Tuesday, there were reports that Poonam died after she jumped off the third floor of her college building here. It was suspected that ragging was the reason behind the girl jumping from the building.

Some of the other students of the college also had confirmed on Tuesday that ragging was going on in the college. The college director, Ahmad Hussain, however, said that the girl took the extreme step as she was under depression. He said that Poonam was a Hindi-medium student and was week in English as a result she was unable to cope with the course as the medium of instruction in the college is English.

The college administration, however, was still not able to explain why would a girl, who had joined the college a week before her death, would commit suicide just because she was weak in English.

Poonam was staying in room number 107 of the Azad Girls Hostel along with two other girls. Talking to TOI, Poonam's father, Dharamraj confirmed, "On our application a murder case has been lodged."

Meanwhile, the college administration has also constructed a committee to give its report on the Tuesday's incident but the report would be delayed according to the director as the college would remain closed from Thursday for the next few days.

Circle officer (CO), Sarojininagar, Subhash Atri said, "We have started the investigation but in my talk with about 50 students, ragging in the college has not been reported. Source:The Times of India